Disinfectant-holder for water-closet bowls.



No. 715,762. Patented Dec. l6, I902. I a. DEIME-L.

DISINFECTANT HOLDER FOR WATER CLOSET BOWLS.

(Application filed Mar. 4, 1902.|

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVE DEIMEL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO CHARLES M. STARR, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

DISINFECTANT-HOLDER FOR WATER-CLOSET BOWLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,762, dated December 16, 1902.

Application filed March 4,1902. Serial No. 96,663. (No model- To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE DEIMEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disinfectant-Holders for Wa tor-Closet Bowls; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to disinfectant-holders for water-closet bowls; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out particularly in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide simple and efiicient means of the character described in which the arrangement is such as to suspend the disinfectant-holder along the margin of the bowl, at the top, in the path of the inflowing water, enabling said holder to be readily placed in position and easily and quickly removed and providing for replenishing the holder with disinfectant without removal, if desired.

The above object is attained by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of my improved apparatus removed from the closetbowl. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section through a closet-bowl having my apparatus secured therein. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section as on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical section as on line 4 4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail in elevation of one of the holders adapted to contain the disinfectantballs. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail, in vertical section, through the rim of the bowl and the spring-loop, showing by dotted lines the movement of the gate which closes one end of the disinfectant-holder. Fig. 7 is an elevation of the pivoted metal gate adapted to close the end of the holder to retain the disinfectant balls therein.

Referring tothe characters of reference, 1 designates the bowl of a water-closet, having the ordinary flushing-rim 2. Adapted to lie adjacent to the margin of the bowl, beneath the overhanging edge 3 ot' the flushing-rim, is an oval-shaped spring 4, of wire or other suitable material, which is adapted to be contracted within the opening at the top of the bowl and whose expanding tension is exerted to maintain itselfin position. Upon this looped or oval-shaped spring are placed contact-washers 5, which engage the wall of the bowl and prevent corrosion and staining by contact of the spring directly therewith. At the ends of the spring-loop are formed the hooks 6 for the purpose of enabling the loop to be contracted in removing it from the bowl or placing it therein.

The disinfectant-holder comprises an elongated basket 7, formed in the shape of a coil 'of wire of such diameter as to freely receive the disinfectant balls 8 of any suitable disin fectant substance, which are placed in said coil or basket from one end and are securely retained therein, for the reason that the coils are formed so closely together as to prevent the escape of the balls between them. At one end of the coil the wire is brought across the opening for the purpose of closing-it, as shown at 9 in Fig. 5, and an eye 10 is formed in said wire, which embraces the spring-loop 4. At the opposite end of the coil the wire is formed into an eye 11, which embraces the looped spring and the free end of which extends longitudinally of the coil, forming a bracket 12, upon which is pivoted between the coils of the basket a metal gate 13, which normally depends to close the opening in the end of the coil, but which may be swung upwardly, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 6, to open said 'coil and allow the disinfectant balls to be inserted therein or removed therefrom, as desired. In addition to the eyes 10 and 11, formed upon the coil or holder, said coil is additionally attached to the spring loop or support 4 by means of suitable links 14, the eyes of which that embrace the wire 4 being of such size as to allow an adjustment of the coil or basket longitudinally to enable it to be placed at any desired point.

It will be observed that there are two of the loo baskets or holders 7 attached to opposite sides of the spring-loop, so that when said loop is placed in the bowl there will be a holder containing a row of disinfectant balls upon each side thereof.

It will be observed that because of the nature of this holder, describing as it does a basket formed in the shape of a wire coil, the disinfectant balls therein are strung out over considerable area and are held in a manner to afiord an almost unobstructed passage of the water over and around them, so that the water flowing from the flushing-rim into the bowl in passing over the disinfectant balls carries a portion of their substance with it into the bowl, thereby thoroughly disinfecting the bowl and rendering it clean and free from noxious odor.

In placing, the device in the closet-bowl the free ends of the spring-loop 4: are brought together so as to contract the area of the loop described by said spring, when it may be readily inserted in the top of the bowl, and when upon releasing the ends of the spring-loop they will spring outwardly and carry the contact-washers 5 against the rim of the bowl with suflicient force to sustain it in position and support the holders with their outer sides lying against the wall of the bowl.

It will be seen that this device is very simple and inexpensive and is of such a nature as to enable it to be readily attached to any closet-bowl provided with a flushing-rim.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a disinfectant-holder for closet-bowls, the combination with a suitable support, of a curved tubular basket formed of a wire coil suspended from said support and adapted to contain a plurality of disinfectant balls, substantially as set forth.

2. In a device for the purpose set forth, the combination of a suitable support within the closet-bowl, an oblong basket formed of a coil of wire suspended from said support, the coils of the wire at one end of the basket being closed, and a hinged gate for closing the basket at the opposite end.

3. In a disinfectant-holder for closet-bowls, the combination of a supporting member located at the top of the bowl, a wire basket mounted upon said member, said basket being in the form of a wire coil, means for closing the end of said coil to retain the disinfectant balls therein, and means for opening the end of said coil to effect a removal of said balls.

4. In a disinfectant-holder for closet-bowls, the combination of a spring loop having hooked ends and adapted to lie within the bowl adjacent to the flushing-rim, bearingwashers upon said loop adapted to hold it from contact with the bowl, a basket formed of a wire coil adapted to contain disinfectant balls or other forms of disinfectant material, said basket being movable upon said loop, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAVE DEIMEL.

Witnesses:

E. S. WHEELER, 0. E. DAVIS. 

